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1、JourneytotheCentreoftheEarthTheplotcanbequicklysummarised:ProfessorLidenbrockandhisnephewAxeldiscoveradocumentinatwelfth-centuryIcelandicbookwhich,whendeciphered,recordstheclaimofacertainArneSaknussemmtohavegonedownintothecarterofSnFfellsandreachedthecentreoftheEa
2、rth.Lidenbrockdecidestotrythisforhimselfand,draggingAxelawayfromhisfiancéeGräuben,travelstoReykjavikandacrossIceland.WiththehelpofthestoicalHans,theyfindthecraterandtraveldownthroughthegeologicallayersofthepast,experiencingvariousadventures.Alongwaydown,theydiscov
3、erahugecavercontainingalargesea-plusvariousbiologicalspecimens,somedeadandsomeverymuchalive.Aftertryingtocrossthesea,theydiscoverapathdownagain,markedwithSaknussemm’srunicinitials.Butitisnowblocked.Theyattempttoblowuptheobstacle,whileshelteringontheraft,butinstead
4、carrypartoftheseawiththemdownintothebowelsoftheEarth.Theythenstartrisingagain;andendupridingavolcaniceruption,whichthrowsthemoutontheslopesofStromboli.JourneytotheCentreoftheEarthprefiguresmanyoftheideasofTwentyThousandLeaguesundertheSeas,AroundtheWorldinEightyDay
5、s,andFromtheEarthtotheMoon.Themoodislight-hearted-althoughhardlyoptimistic,foritcontainstragic,obsessiveandsometimesmorbidelements.Thereisevenalove-element,ofsorts.Inthisnovel,morethanelsewhere,Verneseemstolethimselfgo,whileatthesametimedrawinginspirationfrommanyd
6、ifferentsources.Butbeforeexaminingthese,itisusefultolookatVerne’slifeandtheExtraordinaryJourneysasawhole.Jules-GabrielVernewasbornin1828,onanislandincentralNantesinwesternFrance.Hisfatherhadasuccessfullawpractice,andwroteoccasionalamateurverses.Hismother’smaidenna
7、mewasAllottedelaFule,derivedfromaScottishAllottwhohademigratedinthefifteenthcenturytojoinLouisXI’sScottishGuardofarchersandeventuallybeenennobled.TherehavebeenoveradozenbiographiesofVerne,mostnotablybyhisnieceMargueriteAllottedelaFuleandhisgrandsonJeanJules-Verne.
8、Theformer,however,isembellished；andeventhelatterisamixtureoffamilylegendsandmanuscriptsourcesoftenreadilyaccessible,includingover1,000lettersfromVerneto
